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Planter, A Dahlia and A Canna

I was in Penryn today and found this gloriously full planter in my favourite colours, one of the plants being Heliotrope which really lives up to its nickname of Cherry Pie.

Heliotrope

Side view with millstone and flowers

Our Dahlias are blooming.

White Dahlia

The Canna is in flower too.

Canna and Zebra Grass

Thank you all very much for so many thoughts about the the pink flower yesterday. I think Heyjude and Arkenatum might have the right id, Crinum. I hadn’t said that the stems were about 2ft tall and they do look a bit like Amaryllis. I really should have taken a photo of the whole border.

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on August 29, 2018 in Beauty, flowers, garden, Photography, Postaday2018

Tags: heliotrope., Petunias

Shallots, Chickens and Pink

28 Aug

We harvested all our shallots a few weeks ago and now their skins have all dried, I have cleaned them up and they sit, golden and gorgeous, waiting to be used.

Home grown crop

Our new protective table cover is jolly.

Chickens

There were lots of these unusual flowers at the Meudon Hotel, great long borders of them. I’d love it if someone could identify it for me – no leaves, just long pink stalks with the large blooms on top, no perfume sadly.

What is this flower?

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on August 28, 2018 in environment, flowers, garden, nature, Photography, Postaday2018

Tags: grow-your-own, home grown vegetables

Fused Glass, Freesias and Action for Happiness

18 Aug

I collected my piece of fused glass from The Craft Collective today, the piece that I made a couple of weeks ago in Lisa MacFarlane’s class. You may be able to see what I was aiming for………

My fused glass

Our lovely daughter No 3 brought some beautiful Suffragette coloured Freesias when she visited on Wednesday. They have now opened and smell so sweetly.

Freesias

I am trying to do all these things in Altruistic August, just not on the designated day. Actually, it’s how I try to live my life. When we walked along Cliff Road on Thursday, a sombre looking man was sitting alone on one of the benches resting, his crutches by his side. I simply smiled and said, “This was one of my favourite walks when I was on crutches, flat and safe,” and he beamed back, clearly pleased to have been spoken to with empathy. When we looked back, he was on his way again.

Altruistic August

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on August 18, 2018 in art, flowers, glass, Photography, Postaday2018

Tags: actionforhappiness, altruistic August, happiness, kindness

Heliotrope, Cosmos and Petunia

30 Jul

The scent of the Heliotrope is just wonderful, not for nothing is its nickname Cherry Pie. The bees love it too.

Heliotrope with Bee

They also love the Cosmos.

Cosmos

I saw this pretty

Petunia

Petunia at the garden centre and want to grow it ourselves next year.

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on July 30, 2018 in bees, flowers, nature, Photography, Postaday2018

Tags: garden flowers

Fannie Farmer, Lunch and A Dahlia

29 Jul

I love BBC Radio 4! Today’s treat was Broadcasting House where cookbooks and recipes were discussed. Gillian Reynolds’ favourite cookbook was The Fannie Farmer Cookbook, a book I was given in 1979 by my Brother and SIL who were living in America and one which I still turn to for inspiration. G R’s favourite recipe was for Lemon Pudding, one I haven’t made for years and must do again before too long.

Fannie Farmer Cookbook

I had no idea what to do for lunch today but there was an Aubergine, some Spinach and some Chestnut Mushrooms in the fridge so I turned to BBC Good Food, put in the ingredients and the following came up: https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/2899/aubergines-filled-with-spinach-and-mushrooms

Aubergine filled with Spinach and Mushrooms

It was delicious!

Last night’s wild weather took down our Runner Beans (now recovered) and various flowers. This rather top-heavy Dahlia is now indoors.

White Dahlia

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on July 29, 2018 in flowers, Food, Photography, Postaday2018

Tags: Aubergine filled with Spinach and Mushrooms, BBC good food, BBC Radio 4 Broadcasting House, Gillian Reynolds, The Fannie Farmer Cookbook

Castle, Monkeys and John Clare

28 Jul

Walking home from town today, we suddenly caught an unusual view of Carn Brea Castle from just near our house.

Carn Brea Castle

Our Three Wise Monkeys are now in charge of a floriferous Begonia which was yellow when we bought it, changed to pink soon after and is now this lovely peachy colour.

Begonia

This morning on Radio 4, I heard this beautiful poem by John Clare being read but I missed the introduction so don’t know why it was chosen. The summer has not been ‘beaming forth’ today as temperatures have plunged from 30C to 15C and the skies have stayed grey though the last many weeks past, we have had the most glorious sunshine.

Sonnet by John Clare

I love to see the summer beaming forth
And white wool sack clouds sailing to the north
I love to see the wild flowers come again
And mare blobs stain with gold the meadow drain
And water lillies whiten on the floods
Where reed clumps rustle like a wind shook wood
Where from her hiding place the Moor Hen pushes
And seeks her flag nest floating in bull rushes
I like the willow leaning half way o’er
The clear deep lake to stand upon its shore
I love the hay grass when the flower head swings
To summer winds and insects happy wings
That sport about the meadow the bright day
And see bright beetles in the clear lake play

Looking it up, I discovered that ‘mare blobs’ are marigolds – what a delightful name!

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on July 28, 2018 in Carn Brea, Cornwall, environment, flowers, Photography, poetry, Postaday2018, sculpture

Tags: carn brea castle, I love to see the summer, Jeremy Beswick artist, Sonnet by John Clare, Three Wise Monkeys

Flowers, Bubbles and Singers

07 Jul

It was the 2nd Redruth Monthly Street Market today and once again, it was full of colour and fun, stalls and singers. The hanging baskets around our town are looking gorgeous.